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I know our wealth situation in the U.S. is screwed up, but this map still struck me:

To see it another way, a related one--

Basically, a state shown in blue sends more money to D.C. than it gets back while the reverse is true for brown states.
I find Oregon interesting; in earlier maps it has shown blue, and still earlier brown, then blue again. It makes me wonder how many other states are on that borderline where some years they are on one side of the balance while others they are on the other.

To see it another way, a related one--

Basically, a state shown in blue sends more money to D.C. than it gets back while the reverse is true for brown states.
I find Oregon interesting; in earlier maps it has shown blue, and still earlier brown, then blue again. It makes me wonder how many other states are on that borderline where some years they are on one side of the balance while others they are on the other.



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